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Tuesday school elections

Posted:
01/31/2013 05:43:47 PM MST

Tuesday is election day to fill some school board seats in districts around Lincoln County. Some school districts also have taxing questions on the ballot.

Registered voters in the Ruidoso Municipal School District can cast their ballots at the Ruidoso Convention Center. The same polling location will handle the candidates running for the Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso Branch College District board.

In the Capitan Municipal School District, voting will take place in the Cummins Gymnasium foyer at the Capitan schools campus.

Carrizozo district voters can cast ballots at the Carrizozo Municipal Schools Administration Building.

Corona Municipal School District voting will take place at the Lincoln County Clerk's Office in Carrizozo.

The election for school board positions at the Hondo Valley School District will be conducted in the Hondo school's multi-purpose room.

Polling hours on Feb. 5 are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Lincoln County Clerk Rhonda Burrows is reminding voters that they must vote in the district in which they reside.

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